Quest for divinity
Subtitle: a critical examination of the thought of Mahmud Muhammad Taha
By: Mohamed A. Mahmoud.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Syracuse, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780815631002
Description: "In Quest for Divinity, Mohamed A. Mahmoud presents an in-depth and balanced treatment of Taha's controversial yet significant thought. The author's ability to provide access to relevant literature in both Arabic and English offers readers a rare view of the considerable nuance in Taha's thought. With rich detail Mahmoud explores Taha's theories of human freedom and his social message, referred to as "the second message of Islam" with its emphasis on political, economic, and social equality. Taha's embrace of modernity is further assessed relative to his position on science, law, and art - areas that have always attracted Muslim modernists."--Jacket.